Bonytail Chub
June 8, 2010--River releases bumped up for endangered fish (Sky-Hi Daily News)
As part of an ongoing effort to improve river habitat for several endangered fish species, releases from various reservoirs will be increased this week and next as part of the Coordinated Reservoirs Operations Program.
August 13, 2009--D.C. to the rescue: Preserving pikeminnow, chubs and desert vistas (Colorado Independent)
Washington took steps to preserve some critical Colorado natural resources Wednesday, with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on hand for the dedication of the new Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Are
- Agriculture
- Bonytail Chub
- Bureau of Land Management
- Colorado
- Colorado Pikeminnow
- Department of Interior
- Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area
- Endangered Species
- Humpback Chub
- Irrigation
- Press Clippings
- Razorback Sucker
- Ruedi Reservoir
- Ruedi Reservoir Water Allocation for Recovery of Engangered Fish Act
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
July 24, 2009--Colorado River District hopes for help with fish (Aspen Times)
A former engineer with the Colorado River District said this week that he believes there is plenty of water in the river to prevent the extinction of four endangered fish species.
May 25, 2009--Dam releases to aid rare fish in Colorado River (Denver Post)
Six reservoirs along the upper Colorado River are releasing water through the Memorial Day weekend to help improve mating habitat for endangered fish.
- Bonytail Chub
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Colorado
- Colorado Pikeminnow
- Colorado River
- Dillon Reservoir
- Endangered Species
- Fishery
- Green Mountain Reservoir
- Humpback Chub
- Hydropower
- Lake Granby
- New Mexico
- Press Clippings
- Razorback Sucker
- Ruedi Reservoir
- San Juan River
- Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program
- Utah
- Williams Wolford Mountain Reservoir
- Windy Gap
- Wyoming
April 1, 2009--Endangered fish recovery effort could benefit Grand County reach of Colorado River (Grand County Sky-Hi Daily News)
The effort to recover endangered fish near Grand Junction could benefit Colorado River conditions closer to home.
- Bonytail Chub
- Colorado
- Colorado Pikeminnow
- Colorado River
- Colorado River Water Conservation District
- Endangered Species
- Fishery
- Granby Reserboir
- Green Mountain Reservoir
- Humpback Chub
- Press Clippings
- Razorback Sucker
- Ruedi Reservoir
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- Upper Colorado River Basin
- Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program
- Windy Gap Reservoir
- Wolford Mountain Reservoir
January 25, 2009--Water board OKs funds for Colorado River program (Pueblo Chieftain)
The Pueblo Board of Water Works last week voted to continue participation in a program to provide flows for endangered fish on the Western Slope.
September 23, 2008--Native fishery going strong in Lower Gunnison (Montrose Daily Press)
In the most extensive survey of the Lower Gunnison River in several years, native fish made up the vast majority of species encountered.
July 2, 2008--Endangered fish ranks climb (Grand Junction Sentinel)
Without a name tag hanging on each fish, biologists are reluctant to say exactly how many endangered fish swim in the Colorado River. But research indicates populations of the four endangered fish species — the Colorado pikeminnow, the humpback chub, the razorback sucker and the bonytail chub — are stable or increasing.
June 9, 2008--Grand Junction citizens fight riverfront industrialization (Grand Junction Free Press)
If the Grand Junction City Council doesn’t keep industrial zoning off the Colorado River banks, some city residents will put the issue in the voters’ hands, one said last week.
June 6, 2008--Palisade fish ladder up and swimming (Grand Junction Free Press)
The fish ladder near the Price-Stubb Diversion Dam is finished. The $10.2 million fish ladder is submerged when Colorado River waters run high.
